Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea reckons he is confident of a good performance at the Brno World Superbike round after making steps forward with his bike and team at the recent Imola test session.

Rea set the quickest laptime of the two-day session in Italy and now reckons his team are working far better together, allowing him to progress with the Honda Fireblade.

"Imola was good for us – not just the result and the progress that we were able to make, but because of the way we went about it. It showed how well everyone is working as a team now and how motivated we all are to get the kind of results that we know we can achieve," said the 22-year-old.

"Brno was good on the Supersport bike last year and I think the track should suit the Superbike even better. We’ve got a good setting with the new package now and we’ll be pushing on as hard as we can to get some more good results this weekend."